The Newsroom: Aaron Sorkin on surviving the critical backlash

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If Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing and screenwriter of The
Social Network, was bothered by the criticism levelled at his new HBO
drama The Newsroom he wasn’t showing it on a recent edition of The
Colbert Report. When host Stephen Colbert proffered the criticism that
“no one” spoke in the platitudinous “fusillades of arguments” of the central
character Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels), a TV news anchor disillusioned with
the news’ embrace of the trivial in the chase for ratings, Sorkin
dismissively deadpanned that his own high school “wasn’t like Glee”.

Its many critics feel that the show

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Aaron Sorkin also wrote the critically acclaimed The West Wing

July 9 2012 Channel 4

Aaron Sorkin also wrote the critically acclaimed The West Wing

July 9 2012 Channel 4

Jeff Daniels and Emily Mortimer in The Newsroom, the latest TV series from writer Aaron Sorkin